Xamarin Using Immutable Objects with SQLite-Net SQLite-NET has become the most popular database, especially amongst Xamarin developers, but it hasn't supported Immutable Objects, until now! Thanks to Init-Only Properties in C#9.0, we can now use Immutable Objects with our SQLite database!
Xamarin.Forms Adding a Search Bar to Xamarin.Forms.NavigationPage 31 Oct 2020 Update: Updated for AndroidX + Xamarin.Essentials Let's look at how to add the native search bar control into the Xamarin.Forms.NavigationPage Both Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.
Xamarin.Forms Improving CollectionView Scrolling Sometimes scrolling a Xamarin.Forms.CollectionView (especially on Android) can be choppy. Let's take a look at how to fix it!
Xamarin Introducing GitTrends: GitHub Insights iOS Android I am so excited to release GitTrends on Product Hunt today! https://www.producthunt.com/posts/gittrends-github-insights GitTrends helps you to monitor your GitHub Repositories: ✅ Connect to GitHub
Xamarin Xamarin: Efficiently Using a SQLite Database The most popular SQLite ORM for Xamarin is SQLite-net. Let's explore the most efficient way to use it in our apps! If you'd like to skip to the completed code,
Xamarin.UITest Xamarin.UITest: Is a ListView (or RefreshView) Refreshing? Automated UITesting has become critical for publishing mobile apps and almost every Xamarin.Forms app has ListView. But how can we determine if our ListView is refreshing? Let's find out!
Xamarin.Forms Xamarin: Creating a Dark Mode Splash Screen Now that iOS 13 and Android Q support Dark Mode, we'll want our app's Splash Screen to be dark too. Let's explore how to create a Splash Screen that is dark when Dark Mode is enabled, but still light when Dark Mode is disabled!
Xamarin Version Conflict Detected for Xamarin.Android.Support Both Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin.Essentials recently increased their Xamarin.Android.Support dependency to v28.0.0.3, and it might cause a weird error when updating NuGet Packages. Let's see how to fix it!
Xamarin.Forms Check for Dark Mode in Xamarin.Forms Both iOS 13 and Android Q now let the user enable Dark Mode for the operating system. Let's explore how to check whether the user has enabled Dark Mode in our Xamarin.Forms apps.
Xamarin.Forms Making ObservableCollection Thread-Safe in Xamarin.Forms ObservableCollection is the recommended collection to use for ListViews, but it isn't thread safe. Let's explore how we can fix this and use it in our multi-threaded apps! The Xamarin.
appcenter Using Preview Versions of .NET Core with App Center Build App Center is a great tool for building, testing, releasing and monitoring apps, but what if we want to use a preview version of .NET Core?
app center Schedule Recurring Builds in App Center Leverage an Azure Timer Function (a cron job in the cloud) to trigger a build every night in App Center Build
Xamarin Keeping up with Xamarin Tips and tricks to stay up-to-date with Xamarin, iOS, Android and .NET
Xamarin.UITest Walkthough: Creating UI Tests for Xamarin.Forms Apps, Part 2 In Part 1, we created a File -> New Xamarin.Forms app, and added UI tests to it. In this post we'll learn how to create scalable UI tests that allow us to reuse code using Page Object architecture. We'll take an existing
UITest Walkthough: Creating UI Tests for Xamarin.Forms Apps, Part 1 Let's run through a few simple steps to add an automated UITest to a Hello World app made with Xamarin.Forms + Xamarin.UITest
